Democrat leaders have no new ideas. Thankfully, President Trump has a lot of new ideas. As a businessman, he doesn’t mind trying them out. He puts them into executive orders and discusses them with reporters. Some work, some don’t—but at least he’s willing to think outside the box.
I decided to go to their DNC website for a lesson Democrat ideas and plans. I looked at the Democrat box and found nothing new inside or especially outside their box.
Actually, as I examined the website, I had the same feeling as when I was at the halftime of a major university watching highlights of previous games of the season on the big tron at halftime. They all do, mainly to impress potential recruits some on campus for the first time. Turned out, they were showing highlights of seasons of yesteryear when the glories of yesterday’s heroes were still there. It was like watching a reel from ESPN Classics Channel! Sadly, they had no recent heroes. The football program had fallen on bad times. Remind you of any party? Nor do Dems have any recent heroes.
Most everything I saw on the DNC platform website could have come from a 1980s platform. It was classics all over again! As everybody recites: 1) Tax, tax the rich; 2) Never stop lying that Republicans want to abolish Medicare and Social Security; 3) Republicans want to give tax cuts only for their rich friends; 4) Donald Trump is a scoundrel and crook. Can they ever tell the truth?
Take infrastructure, for example—no novel ideas: “We can’t have the best economy in the world if we don’t have the best infrastructure. For generations, American infrastructure was the envy of the world. But over the years, we stopped investing in it, and we fell to thirteenth in infrastructure rankings. But under President Biden, we’re finally rebuilding our roads, bridges, ports, airports, water systems, electric grids, broadband, and more, paving the way for a great American ‘Infrastructure Decade’ that will create hundreds of thousands of good-paying union jobs.” Wow!
The above was actually under the direction of the Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, famous as the first gay cabinet member and mayor of South Bend, Indiana. His Republican successor Secretary Sean Duffy was aghast:
“There was a backlog of 425 projects, along with ridiculous DEI and Green New Deal requirements, that prevented real infrastructure from being built and funded. Under the Trump Administration, we’ve ripped out this red tape and are getting back to what matters," Duffy said. "As part of our work to deliver real results, we are pleased to announce $221 million in grants for Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge — a critical link that carries thousands of vehicles a day."
The DNC Platform goes on about a lot of ideas about the past dreams, plans, and hopes—sounded like a Democrat PR person on Santa’s knee. But Santa bypassed the Democrats last November.
Who to call on as a Democrat who takes responsibility? Spokesman, advisor, and leader, James Carville’s “War Room Politics” on Fox News is a new feature and blogpost.
Carville contends the first item on the agenda is to bring back M-13 criminal Abrego Garcia, citizen of El Salvador. That is telling. Carville belittled David Hogg who is VP of the DNC, fresh out of college, and talked of suing the “little twerp” as a member of the board who has a fiduciary responsibility to the organization. Yet Hogg is calling for candidates to distance themselves from the Party and is igniting a civil war within the party.
From the blog:
—David Hogg is a national treasure. I wish I had the years to watch his growth. He emerged a natural leader out of a horrific school.
—Let the moderates go form a real Republican party, and let this party be progressive like the majority wants. Just because they have all the money doesn't mean they deserve all the privilege. Actually, we do need more legitimate parties.
—James Carville, I like and respect you. But the 1990s are over. And we have many Democrats pushing 75, 80, and beyond who refuse to let go of their seats. And they have become a big reason why the party is losing. To put it more starkly: the party will not win again until we have generational change.
—Schumer - get lost. Jeffries - nice guy but not inspiring - just dull.
—We need some inspiration, but Schumer and Jeffries don't provide it. Right now, there's a flashing sign that says we need a change in leadership.
—It's time for a Tim Walz, he has command of issues, communicates effectively across the board. Tim Walz, Andy Beshear, J Pritzker.
Here you have the Democrat Party and they call the Trump administration “chaotic”!
Robert Penny is a Northsider.
